Two more Hong Kong residents caught out by conmen posing as mainland Chinese officials

Two more women have fallen prey to a telephone scam in which fraudsters posing as mainland officials ask victims to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars after claiming they have had parcels seized.

Hong Kong police said a woman, 35, transferred HK$200,000 to a mainland bank account last week after a bogus official asked her to send some money to help with the “investigation” of a seized parcel sent by her.

She contacted police after discussing the case with members of her family.

Another victim, 25, transferred 110,000 yuan (HK$137,108) to a mainland account after receiving a similar call.

No one has been arrested in connection with either case, police say.

The force earlier revealed that more than 260 people had fallen victim to the fake-official scam so far, with Hongkongers cheated out of HK$85.4 million last month alone.